Juan Vega, of Yonkers, holds an American flag next to the podium at a gun-rights rally in front of the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains. (Feb. 23, 2013)

Second Amendment rights rally in White Plains

February 23, 2013 4:48 PM

Juan Vega, of Yonkers, holds an American flag next to the podium at a gun-rights rally in front of the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains. (Feb. 23, 2013) (Credit: Xavier Mascarenas)

About 65 people attended a rally for Second Amendment rights in front of the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains on Saturday, where they railed against politicians in Washington and Albany. Conservative and Tea Party members made up much of the group, but several attendees described themselves only as "concerned citizens." (Feb. 23, 2013)...

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About 65 people attended a rally for Second Amendment rights in front of the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains on Saturday, where they railed against politicians in Washington and Albany. Conservative and Tea Party members made up much of the group, but several attendees described themselves only as "concerned citizens." (Feb. 23, 2013)

(Credit: Xavier Mascarenas)

Juan Vega, of Yonkers, holds an American flag next to the podium at a gun-rights rally in front of the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains. (Feb. 23, 2013)

Shawn Santos, center, of White Plains, who described himself as a concerned citizen, listens to a speaker at a gun-rights rally in White Plains. (Feb. 23, 2013)

(Credit: Xavier Mascarenas)

Barbara Stinson, of Harlem, who describes herself as a conservative Democrat with the Gotham Tea Party, speaks at a gun-rights rally in front of the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains. (Feb. 23, 2013)

(Credit: Xavier Mascarenas)

Loretta Ford, of Cortlandt Manor, hands out whistles after a speaker joked about their effectiveness in women's self-defense, at a gun-rights rally in White Plains. (Feb. 23, 2013)

Howard Yee, of Westchester County, pistol director of the Northern Westchester Rifle Association, listens during a gun-rights rally in front of the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains. (Feb. 23, 2013)

(Credit: Xavier Mascarenas)

Derek Alberto of White Plains, a National Rifle Association member, smiles at an acquaintance at a gun-rights rally in front of the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains. (Feb. 23, 2013)

(Credit: Xavier Mascarenas)

Hector Garced, of White Plains, who said he belongs to various firearms associations, holds a sign at a gun-rights rally in front of the Charles L. Brieant Federal Courthouse in White Plains. (Feb. 23, 2013)